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Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are recognized with great potential to strengthen wireless security, yet the performance gain largely depends on the deployment location of RISs in the network topology. In this paper, we consider…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-01 Xiao Tang , Hongliang He , Limeng Dong , Lixin Li , Qinghe Du , Zhu Han

This paper investigates the multi-antenna covert communications assisted by a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS). In particular, to shelter the existence of covert communications between…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-10 Han Xiao , Xiaoyan Hu , Pengcheng Mu , Wenjie Wang , Tong-Xing Zheng , Kai-Kit Wong , Kun Yang

In this paper, we investigate covert communications in a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS)-aided rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) system. Under the RSMA principles, the messages…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Heng Chang , Hai Yang , Shuobo Xu , Xiyu Pang , Hongwu Liu

In this letter, simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs) are studied. Compared with the conventional reflecting-only RISs, the coverage of STAR-RISs is extended to 360 degrees via simultaneous…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-30 Jiaqi Xu , Yuanwei Liu , Xidong Mu , Octavia A. Dobre

Various emerging applications in sixth-generation (6G) wireless demand a seamless integration of communication and sensing services, driving the development of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems. Using a common waveform for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-25 Ainara Kazymova , Vaibhav Kumar , Christina Pöpper , Marwa Chafii

In this article, we investigate the robust beamforming design for a simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) aided downlink rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) communication system, where both…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-08 Ziyue Wang , Xiaoyan Ma , Xingyu Peng , Zheao Li , Jinyuan Liu , Yongliang Guan , Chau Yuen

Simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RIS) offer a transformative approach for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems, particularly for enhancing physical layer security (PLS). This…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-10 Rakesh Ranjan , Anshu Mukherjee , Manjesh K. Hanawal , Keshav Singh , Ioannis Krikidis

Simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) is an effective energy-saving technology, but its efficiency is hindered by environmental factors. The introduction of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) has alleviated…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-03-18 Junlong Yang

This paper investigates the physical layer security of a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system assisted by a tertiary-mode simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS), which can perform…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 Mansi Nema , Kuntal Deka , Sanjeev Sharma , Tharmalingam Ratnarajah

This work proposes a provably convergent and low complexity optimization algorithm for the maximization of the secrecy energy efficiency in the uplink of a wireless network aided by a Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS), in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-12 Robert Kuku Fotock , Alessio Zappone , Marco Di Renzo

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have several prominent advantages, including improving the level of wireless communication security and privacy. In this work, we focus on the latter aspect and introduce a strategy to counteract the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-02-23 Francesco Malandrino , Alessandro Nordio , Carla Fabiana Chiasserini

This work studies the effectiveness of a novel simultaneous transmission and reflection reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) aided Full-Duplex (FD) communication system. We aim to maximize the energy efficiency by jointly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-18 Pengxin Guan , Yiru Wang , Hongkang Yu , Yuping Zhao

In this paper, we propose to utilize intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) for enhancing the physical layer security of wireless communications systems. In particular, an IRS-assisted secure wireless system is considered, where a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-26 Xianghao Yu , Dongfang Xu , Robert Schober

This work studies the problem of secrecy energy efficiency maximization in multi-user wireless networks aided by reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, in which an eavesdropper overhears the uplink communication. A provably convergent…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-20 Robert Kuku Fotock , Agbotiname Lucky Imoize , Alessio Zappone , Marco Di Renzo , Roberto Garello

In this paper, we propose simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) networks. The considered STAR-RIS utilizes the mode switching (MS) protocol to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-20 Mahmoud Aldababsa , Aymen Khaleel , Ertugrul Basar

Simultaneously transmitting and reflecting (STAR) reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), which serves users located on both sides of the surface, has recently emerged as a promising enhancement to the traditional reflective only RIS. Due…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-16 Hancheng Zhu , Yuanwei Liu , Yik Chung Wu , Vincent K. N. Lau

This paper investigates the utilization of simultaneously transmitting and reflecting RIS (STAR-RIS) in supporting joint physical layer security (PLS) and covert communications (CCs) in a multi-antenna millimeter wave (mmWave) system, where…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Han Xiao , Xiaoyan Hu , Ang Li , Wenjie Wang , Zhou Su , Kai-Kit Wong , Kun Yang

An intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can adaptively adjust the phase shifts of its reflecting units to strengthen the desired signal and/or suppress the undesired signal. In this letter, we investigate an IRS-aided secure wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-28 Miao Cui , Guangchi Zhang , Rui Zhang

This work peruses a simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) based wireless system wherein untrusted energy harvesting nodes wiretap the legitimate signal. The achievable secrecy rate and the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-18 Mohammad Reza Kavianinia , Mohammad Javad Emadi

Rate splitting multiple access (RSMA) is intrinsically amalgamated with simultaneously transmitting and reflecting (STAR) reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) to enhance energy efficiency (EE) of the finite block length (FBL)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-04 Mohammad Soleymani , Ignacio Santamaria , Eduard Jorswieck , Robert Schober , Lajos Hanzo